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Ms. Barbara Susan Thomas has been Vice President of Warner-Lambert Company LLC since April 1998. Ms. Thomas served as an Interim Chief Executive Officer\Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., from November 2002 to March 2003 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. She is a Corporate Director with experience in brand management and consumer goods. She served as a Senior Vice President of Marketing at RJR Acquisition Corp. She served as the President ... of Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare Company from 1997 to July 2000. She served as the President of Consumer Healthcare USA and Canada since January 2000 and President of Consumer Healthcare USA from December 1997 to December 1999. From 1993 to 1997, she worked with Pillsbury Company and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer of Pillsbury Canada Ltd. from 1995 to 2005. Ms. Thomas joined The Pillsbury Company in October 1993 as Vice President and General Manager for the pizza/snack division. She served as Senior Vice President of Marketing of Nabisco Brands Inc. She has been an Independent Director of The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotia Bank, Parent Company of Scotia Mortgage Investment Corp.) and Scotiabank Capital Trust since September 28, 2004. She has been a Director of Scotiabank at Scotiabank Subordinated Notes Trust since September 28, 2004. Ms. Thomas serves as a Director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. She served as Director of Spectrum Brands, Inc. (Formerly, Rayovac Corporation) from May 2002 to August 28, 2009. From 2001 to 2005, she served as a Director of Ocean Spray Company and at The Dial Corporation from 1997 to March 2004 and Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. from May 2002 to August 28, 2009. Ms. Thomas holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and attended the Advanced Management Program and Total Quality Management Program at Washington University.

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